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books list updated
End of month, time for a book update .
Books Read 2012
JAN
1. The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, Crime
2. Deception, Jonathan Kellerman (library kindle), Crime
3. Eleven, Patricia Reilly Giff (library kindle), YA
4. The Silent Girl, Tess Gerritsen (audio), Crime
5. Dead Sleep, Greg Iles (audio), Crime
FEB
6. Alone, Lisa Gardner (audio), Crime
7. Gideon's Sword, Preston & Child, Thriller
8. The Zero Game, Brad Meltzer, Thriller
9. Taken, Robert Crais, Crime
10 Dead Wood, Danin Amore, Crime
11. L.A. Outlaws, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
MAR
12. Half-Assed: A Weight Loss Memoir, Jennette Fulda, Memoir
13. Pronto, Elmore Leonard, Crime
14. Paranoia, Joseph Finder, Thriller
15. Riding the Rap, Elmore Leonard, Crime
16. Why We Get Fat, Gary Taubes, Non-Fic
APR
17. The Stainless Steel Rat, Harry Harrison (audio), SF
18. Aphrodite, Russell Andrews (audio), Thriller
19. Fire in the Hole, Elmore Leonard, Crime
20. First Flight, Mary Robinette Kowal, SF
MAY
21. Raylan, Elmore Leonard, Crime
22. The Lock Artist, Steve Hamilton (audio), Crime
23. The Jaguar, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
24. Daemon, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller
JUNE
26. Freedom™, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller
27. The Book of Man, Barry Graham, LitFic
28. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
29. Crusader's Cross, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
JULY
30. Pegasus Descending, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime: Great stuff. Nice lead in to The Tin Roof Blowdown, which is possibly his finest book I've read so far.
31. Swan Peak, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime: Although Will Patton's perfomance was excellent as always, I felt like this was a lesser book. It's probably because it was set somewhere other than Louisiana, but the characters also felt more adrift. Furthermore, Robicheaux was not really the main character; he was more of a framing device than anything. I mean, he was there for all the major happenings, but he was way more acted upon than the driving force in anything. Still, a bad Burke is a good almost anyone else. I'd still recommend any of his to anyone.
32. Hide, Lisa Gardner (audio), Crime: Not finished, exactly. Almost! Decent story, well narrated. Only beef: in the prior book, a major character's name, Gagnon, was pronounced "Gag-nun", the Boston way, and in this book her name is pronounced "Gan-yon", the French way. Very jarring! And as it's all set in Boston, shouldn't they stick to the Boston pronunciation? Sigh. QC, people!
33. The Skinny Rules, Bob Harper, Non-Fic: Very short, filled with menus and recipes, and a list of 20 rules which if you follow, according to Harper, you will be skinny eventually. The rules are pretty straightforward, like drink water before every meal, stop eating a few hours before bed, etc., but his plan really requires you to prepare all your own food and eat out infrequently if ever, never have anything sweet (no sugar, no artificial sweeteners), and make a lot of egg white omlettes. Not practical in my life, anyway. And there's the "women should eat no more than 1200 calories a day" rule. Yikes. Instead of finding it informative and helpful, I found it strident and depressing, and felt unfairly criticized. Something about the tone, like "this isn't hard, so if you can't do it you're not trying at all" (that is not a quote). I was advised to throw it away, and I think I will. But I will read the recipe section more closely first. I can always use help there, and he's got some tasty-looking veggie things.
Books Read 2012
JAN
1. The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly, Crime
2. Deception, Jonathan Kellerman (library kindle), Crime
3. Eleven, Patricia Reilly Giff (library kindle), YA
4. The Silent Girl, Tess Gerritsen (audio), Crime
5. Dead Sleep, Greg Iles (audio), Crime
FEB
6. Alone, Lisa Gardner (audio), Crime
7. Gideon's Sword, Preston & Child, Thriller
8. The Zero Game, Brad Meltzer, Thriller
9. Taken, Robert Crais, Crime
10 Dead Wood, Danin Amore, Crime
11. L.A. Outlaws, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
MAR
12. Half-Assed: A Weight Loss Memoir, Jennette Fulda, Memoir
13. Pronto, Elmore Leonard, Crime
14. Paranoia, Joseph Finder, Thriller
15. Riding the Rap, Elmore Leonard, Crime
16. Why We Get Fat, Gary Taubes, Non-Fic
APR
17. The Stainless Steel Rat, Harry Harrison (audio), SF
18. Aphrodite, Russell Andrews (audio), Thriller
19. Fire in the Hole, Elmore Leonard, Crime
20. First Flight, Mary Robinette Kowal, SF
MAY
21. Raylan, Elmore Leonard, Crime
22. The Lock Artist, Steve Hamilton (audio), Crime
23. The Jaguar, T. Jefferson Parker, Crime
24. Daemon, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller
JUNE
26. Freedom™, Daniel Suarez (audio), SF/Thriller
27. The Book of Man, Barry Graham, LitFic
28. The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
29. Crusader's Cross, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime
JULY
30. Pegasus Descending, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime: Great stuff. Nice lead in to The Tin Roof Blowdown, which is possibly his finest book I've read so far.
31. Swan Peak, James Lee Burke (audio), Crime: Although Will Patton's perfomance was excellent as always, I felt like this was a lesser book. It's probably because it was set somewhere other than Louisiana, but the characters also felt more adrift. Furthermore, Robicheaux was not really the main character; he was more of a framing device than anything. I mean, he was there for all the major happenings, but he was way more acted upon than the driving force in anything. Still, a bad Burke is a good almost anyone else. I'd still recommend any of his to anyone.
32. Hide, Lisa Gardner (audio), Crime: Not finished, exactly. Almost! Decent story, well narrated. Only beef: in the prior book, a major character's name, Gagnon, was pronounced "Gag-nun", the Boston way, and in this book her name is pronounced "Gan-yon", the French way. Very jarring! And as it's all set in Boston, shouldn't they stick to the Boston pronunciation? Sigh. QC, people!
33. The Skinny Rules, Bob Harper, Non-Fic: Very short, filled with menus and recipes, and a list of 20 rules which if you follow, according to Harper, you will be skinny eventually. The rules are pretty straightforward, like drink water before every meal, stop eating a few hours before bed, etc., but his plan really requires you to prepare all your own food and eat out infrequently if ever, never have anything sweet (no sugar, no artificial sweeteners), and make a lot of egg white omlettes. Not practical in my life, anyway. And there's the "women should eat no more than 1200 calories a day" rule. Yikes. Instead of finding it informative and helpful, I found it strident and depressing, and felt unfairly criticized. Something about the tone, like "this isn't hard, so if you can't do it you're not trying at all" (that is not a quote). I was advised to throw it away, and I think I will. But I will read the recipe section more closely first. I can always use help there, and he's got some tasty-looking veggie things.